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we just have human capital that knows how to use this stuff, which leads to us being the leaders in a lot of applications, which is really important. the 1996 act actually, in an interesting way, led to a lot of buildup of infrastructure, which turns out to be really important, too. but the fundamental mission of the 1996 act was to allow long distance into local and long distance, and i think we all whether look back in history and say, turns out, that wasn't the biggest, most important issue from an historical perspective. that was one that kind of -- its roots lay many years earlier in the breakup of at&t. and, again, you know, it's why we need to be humble about how we approach these things and about grand designs and great visions. i think we can see a need for reallocation. i think we can see easily we need to transform education dramatically. the ipad and tablets create incredible opportunities to improve the way kids learn. and you're actually seeing that in some schools and hopefully we'll see it nationally. incredible opportunities to change the way we do healthcare. incredi
we just have human capital that knows how to use this stuff, which leads to us being the leaders in a lot of applications, which is really important. the 1996 act actually, in an interesting way, led to a lot of buildup of infrastructure, which turns out to be really important, too. but the fundamental mission of the 1996 act was to allow long distance into local and long distance, and i think we all whether look back in history and say, turns out, that wasn't the biggest, most important issue...
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we use them as interchangeable terms. separation of powers means each branch of the government has powers that are its own. you have the power of the purse. we have the judicial power. checks and balances presumes that branches cannot be completely separate, we have to interact at some point. one is when we present to your budget and it is a budget request, and it is the time and which you can inquire about our operations to make sure that are efficient. the court by tradition is prudent and it has always been our tradition to be extremely careful in the budget request that we submit to the congress. i can assure you that the chief justice went through the budget recommendations of owns that with great care before we presented the budget request for fiscal 2012. many of those stab our principal officers -- many of those staff are here today. the clerk of the court and our public it permission officer and others. -- public information officer and others. our staff talks on a regular basis with your staff. this is an oversi
we use them as interchangeable terms. separation of powers means each branch of the government has powers that are its own. you have the power of the purse. we have the judicial power. checks and balances presumes that branches cannot be completely separate, we have to interact at some point. one is when we present to your budget and it is a budget request, and it is the time and which you can inquire about our operations to make sure that are efficient. the court by tradition is prudent and it...
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we don't want to use this testimony, perhaps it's counterproductive in our case, we're not going to use this testimony, but we would like to hold the person. i think that is very difficult for a reasonable official to say to themselves, this statute grants me preventive detention powers. i mean, i think you would be looking at a statute going back to 1789 that this court has repeatedly commented on that is only about testimony. you would be saying to yourself, this statute allows me to engage in preventive detention even though congress has never passed a statute like that, congress specifically rejected preventive detention powers-- >> -- you don't think that an official reading all this court's cases saying subjective motivation is not proper in determining the application of the fourth amendment would be able to think that this would apply here, too? subjective motivation doesn't count here, what counts is whether there's -- there are objective criteria that would permit the detention? >> -- i don't think so, justice alito, respectfully. i think when you pulled out whren, which, of c
we don't want to use this testimony, perhaps it's counterproductive in our case, we're not going to use this testimony, but we would like to hold the person. i think that is very difficult for a reasonable official to say to themselves, this statute grants me preventive detention powers. i mean, i think you would be looking at a statute going back to 1789 that this court has repeatedly commented on that is only about testimony. you would be saying to yourself, this statute allows me to engage...
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he became more radicalized as his power grew as he used the oil wealth of the country. he supported groups in sierra leon in liberia, the radical groups in the philippines. he tried to rad clies people in australia, in new zealand
he became more radicalized as his power grew as he used the oil wealth of the country. he supported groups in sierra leon in liberia, the radical groups in the philippines. he tried to rad clies people in australia, in new zealand
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but it uses the words "individual privacy." >> well, it actually uses both phrases. it uses, as we explain in our brief, the phrase "personal privacy" to explain that that's what the act was protecting. and then within the operative portions of the act, it uses "individual," but it does so for a very specific reason. congress was intending to protect a subset of individuals and it defined the term "individual" to mean u.s. citizens and lawful permanent residents. so not all individuals would be protected by the privacy act. now, congress did that, not because had it used the phrase "personal privacy" it would have been extending rights to corporations and foreign governments, but because personal privacy would have been too broad in that it would have -- even though it would have been limited to individuals, it would have included a set of individuals that congress wanted to exclude, that is, everybody who is not a u.s. citizen or lawful permanent resident. >> can i ask you a question. i'm not sure i understood your response to justice scalia. if there is ambiguity,
but it uses the words "individual privacy." >> well, it actually uses both phrases. it uses, as we explain in our brief, the phrase "personal privacy" to explain that that's what the act was protecting. and then within the operative portions of the act, it uses "individual," but it does so for a very specific reason. congress was intending to protect a subset of individuals and it defined the term "individual" to mean u.s. citizens and lawful...
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they refuse to tell us. in september of 2004, they designated us. they wrote us a letter that provided no explanation, no factual or legal basis for the decision whatsoever. in 2000 -- >> at that time, the also designated -- there were two designations at that time. >> they did not tell him the basis for his designation. nor did they tell us the basis for his designation. nor did they give up any indication that our designation might turn on his designation. >> his designation is not challenged in this appeal. >> he is not a party of this appeal. he is challenging his designation, the government's claim that he has not changed -- not challenged his designation is false. he challenged his designation in 2005. it is pending. he has also challenged his designation before the u.n. >> i wanted to follow up on my question. you knew in 2008 that mr. -- nothing has happened as a result of that? he was continuing on as a member of the board of al harmain. >> that is right. we said he would resign from the board. he would sever his ties from the board if it m
they refuse to tell us. in september of 2004, they designated us. they wrote us a letter that provided no explanation, no factual or legal basis for the decision whatsoever. in 2000 -- >> at that time, the also designated -- there were two designations at that time. >> they did not tell him the basis for his designation. nor did they tell us the basis for his designation. nor did they give up any indication that our designation might turn on his designation. >> his designation...
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thank you for joining us. david hatch thank you for joining us. the national journal has a new tech website. nationaljournal.com/tech. thank you for being with us. >> on monday, obama will deliver a speech on libya in the national defense university. the actions the u.s. has taken. the transition to nato command. monday at 7:30 eastern. c-span and c-span radio. >> i am not interested in developing a strategy to win the primary and not winning the general. we have done well everywhere. >> rick santorum sits down to discuss a presidential bid in 2012. on c-span. >> as protest continue, and as nato sets to take control find the latest from the administration officials . all searchable on your computer. watch what you want, when yo u want. >> a look between the relations between the u.s. and libya. this is about 45 minutes. van is a securities studies adjufpkt professor at georgetown university and joins us to talk about the relations between the united states and libya both on diplomat and military fronts. take us through the evolution of the relatio
thank you for joining us. david hatch thank you for joining us. the national journal has a new tech website. nationaljournal.com/tech. thank you for being with us. >> on monday, obama will deliver a speech on libya in the national defense university. the actions the u.s. has taken. the transition to nato command. monday at 7:30 eastern. c-span and c-span radio. >> i am not interested in developing a strategy to win the primary and not winning the general. we have done well...
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do you think should continue to use wide license to use it? >> i am a strong proponent of unlicensed use of white space. those are the unused tv channels. it is the same specter we were just talking about for public safety, so it is very powerful. some call it wifi on steroids. the public benefits are fantastic. like wifi, you may remember, on friday no one had heard of it. when it is unlicensed, that really stimulate a lot of law -- a lot of small businesses to get involved. i do have concerns. it is a pragmatic concern and it is very difficult to license white space, especially in larger metropolitan areas. it is because of where the unlicensed space is and it makes it difficult to license it in a pragmatic manner. it may be in rural areas where there is more white space, more unused channels that would be easier to do. again, i did not tell congress what to do. >> when they ask you and say that is the draft they are hoping for, do you think there should be at some carve out for some white space? >> that is exactly what i would advise. it ad
do you think should continue to use wide license to use it? >> i am a strong proponent of unlicensed use of white space. those are the unused tv channels. it is the same specter we were just talking about for public safety, so it is very powerful. some call it wifi on steroids. the public benefits are fantastic. like wifi, you may remember, on friday no one had heard of it. when it is unlicensed, that really stimulate a lot of law -- a lot of small businesses to get involved. i do have...
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it is part of what distinguishes us from the tyrannies of gold and continues to separate us from the despot's of today. the freedom and wisdom of people determine our future, not the winds of dictators or the bullets of fanatics. it is our duty to uphold our oath and listen and represent. we will not let this inhumane act impact us. please keep all of the victims of this horrific tragedy in your thoughts. . the injured mickey speedy recovery and those whose lives we have lost have their reward in heaven. thank you for listening. >> you are watching c-span, >> you are watching c-span, created
it is part of what distinguishes us from the tyrannies of gold and continues to separate us from the despot's of today. the freedom and wisdom of people determine our future, not the winds of dictators or the bullets of fanatics. it is our duty to uphold our oath and listen and represent. we will not let this inhumane act impact us. please keep all of the victims of this horrific tragedy in your thoughts. . the injured mickey speedy recovery and those whose lives we have lost have their reward...
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it is a challenge for all of us as we continue to ensure that nuclear power can be used safely and securely. this is not an nrc problem or an industry problem. this is a nuclear safety imperative it. there are looking to everyone from the operators, regulators, members of the public to participate in our process to do their part in continuing to protect the public. this is something on which we must deliver. i think you for your attention and would be happy to answer any questions you might have it. i think you. -- thank you. [applause] >> @ thank you. we do have a lot of questions today as evidenced by a fair number of working reporters covering this story today. let us talk about the core of your speech, so to speak, and which of the recommendations in the report, do you think, are the most urgent? >> the task force did a nice job of breaking down the recommendations into several categories. there were a number of recommendations in which they recommended immediate action, those that would require orders. that would be done through a longer term process like regulation. i can go through t
it is a challenge for all of us as we continue to ensure that nuclear power can be used safely and securely. this is not an nrc problem or an industry problem. this is a nuclear safety imperative it. there are looking to everyone from the operators, regulators, members of the public to participate in our process to do their part in continuing to protect the public. this is something on which we must deliver. i think you for your attention and would be happy to answer any questions you might...
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can you join us please? >> is clearly is a grave tragedy for this community, a griff tragedy for the state of arizona and the great tragedy for the state of arizona and the this country. i want you to know that what i have done is i have instructed our chief of police, who you are going to hear from in a moment, to give absolute simply -- absolute complete support to the sheriff's office. they are in charge of this tragedy. our police department responsibility is for the citizens of the city of tucson and for this university hospital. i would like everybody to understand the significance of what this means to all of us. what it means to our country. i did have a chance to talk to- be's father as he came in. -- talk to gabby's father as he came in. i am please to hear the doctor's report that she is still alive and hiding for her life. this is a time for us to say our prayers for a recovery. for those who died today, they will not be forgotten. they are citizens of this country, citizens of arizona in tucson.
can you join us please? >> is clearly is a grave tragedy for this community, a griff tragedy for the state of arizona and the great tragedy for the state of arizona and the this country. i want you to know that what i have done is i have instructed our chief of police, who you are going to hear from in a moment, to give absolute simply -- absolute complete support to the sheriff's office. they are in charge of this tragedy. our police department responsibility is for the citizens of the...
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they contend that they violated the corporations constitutional rights by using the state secrets privilege to stop them from effectively arguing their case. this is one hour. >> general dynamics verses united states, consolidated case. mr. phillips? >> thank you, and may it please the court, the proposition we are challenging is one embraced by the federal circuit that says the united states government can declare that certain government contracting partners have operated in default, and under those circumstances can reach into the government contractors pocket, withdrawal at the time 1.3 $5 billion out of moneys -- $1.35 billion, not without being pursuant to the contract or instructions of the united states contract, and when the contractor 6 to defend against the claim that it is engaged in some kind of default contract that the government can insert the state secrets privilege and, in so doing, tie up their ability to respond to the government's conclusion. it's seems to me the statement in this court's decision, the united states vs. reynolds, which is the government is certainly free
they contend that they violated the corporations constitutional rights by using the state secrets privilege to stop them from effectively arguing their case. this is one hour. >> general dynamics verses united states, consolidated case. mr. phillips? >> thank you, and may it please the court, the proposition we are challenging is one embraced by the federal circuit that says the united states government can declare that certain government contracting partners have operated in...
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the way i look at it, when people get used to using it as a communicating tool, it changes how they live. if they have grievances and they feel like they had a chance to express those grievances, whether it will online or in the privacy of their home, they tend to get expressed. when they collect, that is when the social media comes in, to see, i am not alone in this, i have 2 million people who feel exactly the same way. the social media tools allow people to reach critical mass and a way that, without it, they seem to not be able to do. >> have you been monitoring tweets from other countries, such as jordan, which seems to have a the or a billion? >> yemen is interesting. 1.8% of the society has access to the internet, and that represents 2000% growth. >> is it because of poverty, government restrictions? >> it is both. the literacy, poverty, government restrictions, put it all together. the basic point is we are having rebellions in yemen without massive access to the internet. that would be a case where you try to make a case for social media, you cannot lead to look at yemen. but jo
the way i look at it, when people get used to using it as a communicating tool, it changes how they live. if they have grievances and they feel like they had a chance to express those grievances, whether it will online or in the privacy of their home, they tend to get expressed. when they collect, that is when the social media comes in, to see, i am not alone in this, i have 2 million people who feel exactly the same way. the social media tools allow people to reach critical mass and a way...
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that is the word that the court used. the claim is that the individual decision makers in the other cases exercise their discretion in a way that was biased. >> the chief justice's question reminds me of a question from a case in 1993. the plaintive is not responsible for a constitutional violation unless there was a policy. could we use that to determine whether or not there is a common question here? >> the analogue is if the company had a policy of general discrimination and saw patterns throughout the company and because of gender continue to allow the pattern to exist -- >> there is a showing of deliberate indifference to the violation. would that be a policy? >> do the brits in different ways this -- raises a different question. the question is was the company and now when the discrimination to occur because they wanted discrimination. there is no evidence of that here. >> is there a possibility that the number is what has been left out? a company gets reports month after month showing that women are disproportionat
that is the word that the court used. the claim is that the individual decision makers in the other cases exercise their discretion in a way that was biased. >> the chief justice's question reminds me of a question from a case in 1993. the plaintive is not responsible for a constitutional violation unless there was a policy. could we use that to determine whether or not there is a common question here? >> the analogue is if the company had a policy of general discrimination and saw...
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i think he used to be around 30%. that means that our government is going to destroy something that we absolutely needed years ago when they were abusing children and murderers. wal-mart is forcing the people work off of the clock and nothing is being done. they're trying to organize, but they just threaten them with their job. we have such a bad economy like we do, of course they will not try to unionize. americans, wake up. do not be foolish like some of these people i have heard on here. host: nashville, tennessee. go ahead. caller: morning. my comment is i was in the private sector and it worked for a non-profit hospital. i do not have a pension. i am now on social security. i have not worked for the last year. host: just keep going. caller: with the teachers do not realize is how well off and have had it in terms of -- they say they only make $40,000 per year or whenever, but they chose a degree where they have summers off, after holidays, etc. i do not begrudge them their benefits, but it is time to step back. t
i think he used to be around 30%. that means that our government is going to destroy something that we absolutely needed years ago when they were abusing children and murderers. wal-mart is forcing the people work off of the clock and nothing is being done. they're trying to organize, but they just threaten them with their job. we have such a bad economy like we do, of course they will not try to unionize. americans, wake up. do not be foolish like some of these people i have heard on here....
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so many of us, including me, are using cell phones today, but i today. >> debra davis has been our guest on "the communicators." >> thank you >> if you would like to read the nih study on cellphone used for yourself, go to slash thecommunicators. thanks for being with us. -- go to c-span.org/ thecommunicators. >> congressman chris lee resigned and very after he was caught so slick -- soliciting women on line. some of the topics addressed in this debate to replace him our jobs, deficit, debate and medicare. this is about an hour. >> welcome. and i am the news director, judy phillips, and i will be moderating tonight's debate. joining me are our panelists. and of course, we -- we have our candidates. we invited a third candidate, but he did not respond to our invitation. if we did not invite the green party candidate because he did not qualify under the inclusion guidelines. let's get started. we begin with the opening statements, the order of which was determined by a coin toss and ms. correne will go first. >> thank you very much. thanks for hosting this event. i decided to run for congr
so many of us, including me, are using cell phones today, but i today. >> debra davis has been our guest on "the communicators." >> thank you >> if you would like to read the nih study on cellphone used for yourself, go to slash thecommunicators. thanks for being with us. -- go to c-span.org/ thecommunicators. >> congressman chris lee resigned and very after he was caught so slick -- soliciting women on line. some of the topics addressed in this debate to...
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the top 10 of us took home 39%. that was enough inequality to reward hard work, creativity and good ideas. look how it's changed since 19 0, under the alternative theory. the bottom share has dropped from 65 to 52%. the top 10% has gone from 35% to 48%. the top 1% has gone to 22%. that happened for two reasons. one is the government is the problem reason. the other is something happened outside government. i'm so old, i can't believe it. i get my medicare card this year. [laughter] i'm about the last generation of people that could have gotten an m.b.a. i saw you were discussing the citizens united case before. when i was in law school, and if i had been in business school, we were taught that corporations were creations of the state. and that they had certain responsibilities to all their stake holders, their shareholders, their employees, their customers and the communities of which they were a part. if for about 30 years, we've been told that corporations' only responsibilities are to their shareholders. those id
the top 10 of us took home 39%. that was enough inequality to reward hard work, creativity and good ideas. look how it's changed since 19 0, under the alternative theory. the bottom share has dropped from 65 to 52%. the top 10% has gone from 35% to 48%. the top 1% has gone to 22%. that happened for two reasons. one is the government is the problem reason. the other is something happened outside government. i'm so old, i can't believe it. i get my medicare card this year. [laughter] i'm about...
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the way this language has been used and all used in a very, very narrow perspective and never just for religions in general. anyone that has attempted to do that has not been successful except the old order amish or christian scientists. outside of that, there is very, very limited exemptions. we are penalized because we don't belong to a recognized religious sect. >> mr. staver, you talk about inactivity and i have been trying to find out where in the cases that you use inactivity, you correct me, activity is used. and i take it that -- i understand you have determined what is activity would be necessary and you therefore have come to the conclusion this is an inactivity. >> yes, every case that has referred to commerce uses the word economic or certainly activity or activities. >> but never inactive. >> never inactivities and the context -- >> the early cases don't talk about inactivity at all. >> back to the very early cases. >> we are supposed to go back to those cases. those people were around when the constitution was written. >> i would say that we go back to them and we go back
the way this language has been used and all used in a very, very narrow perspective and never just for religions in general. anyone that has attempted to do that has not been successful except the old order amish or christian scientists. outside of that, there is very, very limited exemptions. we are penalized because we don't belong to a recognized religious sect. >> mr. staver, you talk about inactivity and i have been trying to find out where in the cases that you use inactivity, you...
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to use techniques which go against our social norms and try to use things that will use our process against us, and that was proven out actually in flight 253 with the plement of a bomb that used all nonmetallic components, and so we have done extensive testing in whattechniques we can use in order to be able to detect items like that using process and technology so that we can mitigate that threat while also being as conscious as possible about the passengers experience coming through as well as allowing passengers to expeditiously -- >> you indicated in your testimony that only a small percentage of passengers have undergone a secondary screening. i've had the misphenomenonture of -- misfortune of being one of those passengers. i was taken into a private room without the option of having anyone accompanied my. i was thoroughly searched. a rescran would have avoted that. isn't that less intrusive when there's five anomalies detected on my body? >> without getting into the sense of security part of when we do what type of screening, when we have an anomaly in a sensitive area, we do
to use techniques which go against our social norms and try to use things that will use our process against us, and that was proven out actually in flight 253 with the plement of a bomb that used all nonmetallic components, and so we have done extensive testing in whattechniques we can use in order to be able to detect items like that using process and technology so that we can mitigate that threat while also being as conscious as possible about the passengers experience coming through as well...
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it's not based on some story that somebody told us. we do our investigations and come up with our solutions based on good data. which is why we hired nasa. so we are going to check out the brake override. [inaudible] >> first of all, i don't agree with what you just said. nobody up here has even insinuated the term that you use, driver air. but i'm going t let at 11 and to this. but the way you characterize this was not characterized that way by anybody up here. go ahead, ron spent one of the things, we described -- we have described as consumers -- as the administrator indicate we want to look across the fleet to see if there are things, are ways to redesign of -- both the design of the battle and thespacing of the pedal that can minimize this kind of misapplication from returning. in fact, there may be something that can be done to minimize this from happening without blaming the people that perhaps the way it is currently designed to be improved. >> my question is the -- >> i will follow-up, john. it was a 10 month investigation whe
it's not based on some story that somebody told us. we do our investigations and come up with our solutions based on good data. which is why we hired nasa. so we are going to check out the brake override. [inaudible] >> first of all, i don't agree with what you just said. nobody up here has even insinuated the term that you use, driver air. but i'm going t let at 11 and to this. but the way you characterize this was not characterized that way by anybody up here. go ahead, ron spent one of...
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that than inventing the new one -- than using the new one you are putting upon us. >let's use the one we already have and not have to get into developing one i have never heard of before. >> i think all the government is doing in this case is applying conventional standing principles of redressability and third- party standing in the context that is not before the court today. this is not a commandeering case. that happens to be the only specific aspect of a state sovereignty claim distinct from an enumerated powers claim that the court has recognized in recent decades. whether some other sort of claim of state sovereignty may be recognized and require its own analysis is well beyond the scope of this case. our point is more basic. we agree with the petitioner's counsel that he can raise the claim that he has tried to raise. we think the third circuit misunderstood what the tva purported to say when it rejected standing for a type of state sovereignty claim. we think the currently recognized state sovereignty claim of commandeering fits the description of the analyt
that than inventing the new one -- than using the new one you are putting upon us. >let's use the one we already have and not have to get into developing one i have never heard of before. >> i think all the government is doing in this case is applying conventional standing principles of redressability and third- party standing in the context that is not before the court today. this is not a commandeering case. that happens to be the only specific aspect of a state sovereignty claim...
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i hope i used it to address issues of concern to all of us, because everything we are, especially during this, you, who who defend the first amendment, everything is predicate on freedom. i trust we all take great pride that we have so many exceptional people serving out there to protect just that. as winston churchill reminded us during world war ii, "peace and tranquillity would only be restored if everyone did their bit." he considered his bit no more important than that of the elderly woman knitting socks for soldiers. that is my aspiration, to do my bit, no matter how large or small, and i know that in this, i am no different than any of you, or any americans. we are a great people. we can rise to this challenge, meet it, and as we have always done, master it. those marvelous people who serve our freedom and comfort deserve nothing less. thank you. [applause] >> i do not want to stand in the way of an entertainer who could get further applause. i know we want to have the opportunity to have some questions answered. thank you for those remarks. we will follow up a little bit. in this
i hope i used it to address issues of concern to all of us, because everything we are, especially during this, you, who who defend the first amendment, everything is predicate on freedom. i trust we all take great pride that we have so many exceptional people serving out there to protect just that. as winston churchill reminded us during world war ii, "peace and tranquillity would only be restored if everyone did their bit." he considered his bit no more important than that of the...
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give us the maximum figure for a single one of them. >> 3.5% of u.s. emissions. >> why d you stop at u.s. emissions? what percentage of worldwide emissions, every one of which i assume harms your clients, do these five power plants represent? infinitesimal, right? >> not infinitesimal. you would divide these by four -- >> from power plants or total emissions? >> total emotions. >> and anybody who is a substantial contributor could be sued. >> yes. and in terms of determining who is a substantial contributor, because i do think that at some point a company's emissions or a cow's would be too small to give rise to a standing -- to either standing or nuisance claim and there are various ways to draw the lines. it's a familiar task for common law courts to decide how much is substantial, too. but for example, if the cutoff were producers of 100,000 tons per year as in the e.p.a. tailoring rule for new sources, just to take an example, then according to e.p.a.'s own technical data, there would be at most a few thousand potential defendants. >> the general b
give us the maximum figure for a single one of them. >> 3.5% of u.s. emissions. >> why d you stop at u.s. emissions? what percentage of worldwide emissions, every one of which i assume harms your clients, do these five power plants represent? infinitesimal, right? >> not infinitesimal. you would divide these by four -- >> from power plants or total emissions? >> total emotions. >> and anybody who is a substantial contributor could be sued. >> yes. and...
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that means more vehicles using less oil. and that means jobs. more than 200 new workers at this plant alone. that's important because even as the economy is growing, after one of the worst recessions in our history, even as we've added more than two million new private sector jobs over the past 14 months, i still meet and hear from americans struggling to get out of their own personal recessions. a lot of folks out there are still looking for work. and many folks who do have jobs are finding that their paychecks aren't keeping up with the rising costs of everything from tuition to groceries to gas prices. in fact, in a lot of places across the country like here in indiana, gas has reached an all-time high. so although our economy hasn't been the focus of the news this week, not a day goes by that i'm not focused on your jobs, your hopes, and your dreams. and that's why i came here to allison transmissions. the clean energy jobs at this plant are the jobs of the future. jobs that pay well right here in america. and in the years ahead, it's clean
that means more vehicles using less oil. and that means jobs. more than 200 new workers at this plant alone. that's important because even as the economy is growing, after one of the worst recessions in our history, even as we've added more than two million new private sector jobs over the past 14 months, i still meet and hear from americans struggling to get out of their own personal recessions. a lot of folks out there are still looking for work. and many folks who do have jobs are finding...
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mo zell trying to get to actually a sort of various versions of us, not closing us but looking like us. and the people who route -- wrote the final days of law they are trying to give the country like it would function in that way. so now the rest of the world is trying to figure out how to headache advantage of that. they help create the business model of what's an a.c.o. thrive. it's going to be a very early thing. the plark, how do you? i'm interested how aetna picks us this issue of this relationship. is ate strategic -- is it a strategic thing? >> the structure and the mechanism payings well but it's just been difficult to get that many dole scale anywhere else. and so our approach has been how do we find the scaleable model? how do we anyn't about retro fitting? the current system to impact what we have in the united states in a way to gap towards the model that george has innology california. that's a big task i would argue that in countries of china and industry, you have a bet -- things that are retro invited and a whole host of other things we have the sandyus. we're literall
mo zell trying to get to actually a sort of various versions of us, not closing us but looking like us. and the people who route -- wrote the final days of law they are trying to give the country like it would function in that way. so now the rest of the world is trying to figure out how to headache advantage of that. they help create the business model of what's an a.c.o. thrive. it's going to be a very early thing. the plark, how do you? i'm interested how aetna picks us this issue of this...
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it is important for all of us who work in the law, for those of us who are fortunate to be judges or those of us who are fortunate enough to be attorneys. it is important for us to teach other people about our legal system and the learning center that was described earlier is a perfect example of the sort of thing that we need to do to reach out to ordinary citizens, both children and adults, so that they appreciate our legal system, and it's important for us to defend that legal system against encroachments. it is important for us to recognize the strength and the weaknesses of our legal system, to preserve the strengths and to work to correct the weaknesses. one of the advantages i've had, one of the great experiences i've had in serving on the supreme court has been the opportunity to speak to justices and judges from many other countries and when you take an international perspective, when you look at our legal system, if you draw back from the details that we are concerned with on a daily basis and you look at the system somewhat from afar, you appreciate what a great legal syst
it is important for all of us who work in the law, for those of us who are fortunate to be judges or those of us who are fortunate enough to be attorneys. it is important for us to teach other people about our legal system and the learning center that was described earlier is a perfect example of the sort of thing that we need to do to reach out to ordinary citizens, both children and adults, so that they appreciate our legal system, and it's important for us to defend that legal system against...
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you do not have to --you do not get to fire us. we have to justify why we are vote in a certain way. you have to decide for yourself, yes, this makes sense. the justices are acting like judges. this is what they are supposed to do. or this is not right. they are not carrying out their responsibilities. you, the intelligent lay person gets to decide, not just the lawyers. the audience i write for are intelligent lay people like my sisters, who are not lawyers. that is our most cases. there is going to be some technical cases, section 185, which deals with the tax treatment in certain aspects of bankruptcy. and intelligent -- an intelligent lay person would not read it. in those cases, you have a more narrow audience. >> a graduate of the college and is a law student at george washington has a question. a recent c-span poll found that only 33% of respondents could identify any supreme court decision. 75% named roe v. wade. do you think the populace should know more about the court and its major decisions. if so, what do you think mig
you do not have to --you do not get to fire us. we have to justify why we are vote in a certain way. you have to decide for yourself, yes, this makes sense. the justices are acting like judges. this is what they are supposed to do. or this is not right. they are not carrying out their responsibilities. you, the intelligent lay person gets to decide, not just the lawyers. the audience i write for are intelligent lay people like my sisters, who are not lawyers. that is our most cases. there is...